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The colonization of psychic space : a psychoanalytic social theory of oppression

Title
The colonization of psychic space : a psychoanalytic social theory of oppression / Kelly Oliver.
Author
Oliver, Kelly, 1958-
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004.

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xxiv, 245 p.; 23 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.
Contents
Introduction : why turn to psychoanalysis for a social theory of oppression? -- European alienation as the perverse privilege of the modern subject -- Alienation's double as the burden of the othered subject -- Colonial abjection and the transmission of affect -- Humanism beyond the economy of property -- The fluidity of power -- The affects of oppression -- The depressed sex -- Sublimation and subjectivity -- Idealization, revolt, and singularity -- Forgiveness and subjectivity -- Conclusion : the ethics of psychoanalysis; or, forgiveness as an alternative to alienation.
Call Number
JFE 05-404
ISBN
  • 081664473X (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0816644748 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004010513
OCLC
55131320
Author
Oliver, Kelly, 1958-
Title
The colonization of psychic space : a psychoanalytic social theory of oppression / Kelly Oliver.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 05-404
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